The Sourdough Initiative, which is committed to dealing with the abuse scandal in Garching an der Alz in Upper Bavaria, is calling on Pope Francis to enter the lawsuit before the Traunstein District Court. Namely as the "legal successor of Benedict XVI", as it says in an open letter from the initiative that was published on Saturday. “Your unconditional cooperation in a judicial clarification would be an important step that gets to the root of the devastating taboo and trivialization...
It was actually a normal Christmas for pastors Manuel Kleinhans and Klaus Hofstetter, with many services and sermons. And yet they started it differently than before, because this time they deliberately stood in front of a decorated Christmas tree in the rectory of Höhenkirchen, celebrated their personal "family celebration" and enjoyed the little free time they had. The two live in a shared apartment, as Catholic clergy do in many parts of the world under the term "vita communis" (Latin...
In 1977 the theology professor Joseph Ratzinger was appointed archbishop of Munich and Freising. He stayed in office for only four years. When he became Pope Benedict XVI in 2006. pays a visit to his homeland, 250,000 people celebrate him in Munich.Of Andrea SchlierShould there be a Bavarian-Catholic high mass of feelings, then this can be dated almost exactly to September 10, 2006, the hour when a man with white hair and a green robe called out to 250,000 people...
Pope Benedict in Freising:"We just said, we can do it."Dec 31, 2022 11:26 amReading time: 5 minsOpen detailed viewThousands cheered Pope Benedict XVl. on September 14, 2006 when he drove in the popemobile across Marienplatz through Freising city center up to Domberg. (Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa) It was a very special day for Freising when the late Pope Benedict returned on September 14, 2006 to the place where he was ordained a priest in 1951. As head of the public order...
Interviewed by Matthias Köpf, Bad ReichenhallA black telephone on a sober, bright desk, behind it is a view through the window of the Untersberg and the Predigtstuhl. Whoever calls here has the number of the Telephone pastoral care of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising chosen. Because he or she needs comfort, attention, help or simply good advice. The telephone pastoral care of the diocese has existed for 60 years - their phones are in Munich, in Mühldorf and...
A black telephone on a sober, bright desk, behind it is a view through the window of the Untersberg and the Predigtstuhl. Whoever calls here has the number of the Telephone pastoral care of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising chosen. Because he or she needs comfort, attention, help or simply good advice. The telephone pastoral care of the diocese has existed for 60 years - their phones are in Munich, in Mühldorf and for 29 years here in...
More than 26,000 Munich residents left the church this year - almost 4,000 more than last year. The reason for this is likely to be the abuse report, which made headlines around the world.More and more people are turning their backs on the church. In Munich, the district administration department recorded a total of 26,008 people leaving the church up to December 15, 2022. That's almost 4,000 more than in the entire previous year. The respective denomination was not recorded.One...
Anyone standing in front of the old vicarage in the center of Haar will perhaps be surprised. A stone coat of arms with the inscription "Franziskaner Minoriten" is now hanging to the left of the entrance door. Below the lettering you can see a cross and two arms placed one on top of the other. On the doorbell are the names of the three Franciscan brothers who have been living here since the beginning of October: Father Gabriel Budau, Father...
The idea of making the Freisinger Domberg with the newly designed Diocesan Museum barrier-free accessible by means of a lift going uphill has been haunting the city for some time. At the end of April, however, the city council's planning committee classified the archdiocese's plans as "vague", an assessment that has now had to be revoked. In the design advisory board of the Freisinger city council, plans for the location and technology of the elevator were already well advanced on...
For parents it is like gambling to find a place for their children in a crèche or kindergarten. If you have it, you accept a lot, even outsourcing the kindergarten to a distant building. This is what happened in Ottobrunn, when the kindergarten of the Catholic parish of St. Otto had to close its premises until further notice due to mold stains. Two groups of 24 and 28 children are accommodated in the St. Magdalena kindergarten and one group of...
